Moratorium Picket Planned at Napalm Factory
About 45 pacifists from six local groups map a series of actions to protest a Long Beach napalm plant. The plan includes leafletting near the plant, door to door discussions, and events in city colleges, a downtown dinner for Bob Hope, noon rallies in Bixby Park, and marches linking Bixby and Lincoln Parks.
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Long Beach
Unitarian Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Long Beach City College
Long Beach Association
Bob Hope
Bixby Park
Long
City College
Long Beach Peace and Freedom Party
Community For New Politics
LBCC
New Left Center
The
Woman's Liberation Front
Long Beach Citizens For Peace
Long Beach Coordinating Committee
City Asked to Cut Fee on Washers in Long Beach
William Bloomfield representing the Western Coin Laundry Operators Association asked Long Beach officials to revise the business license basis from number of machines to number of employees. He said members install and maintain automatic washers and dryers in apartment houses. The committee kept the issue open for its December meeting and asked the manager’s office to prepare a report and recommendations.
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William Bloomfield
Western Coin Laundry Operators Association
Bloomfield
Radiation Defense Workshop Opens With Local Officials
Nearly 50 representatives from local governments and major industries in the Southland joined a three day simulated exercise on radiological defense at Long Beach Emergency Operating Center. The USC Institute for Civil Defense and Disaster Administration hosts the event with Arthur McBride as coordinator and leaders Steve McDonald and Everett Blizzard among the speakers. The first day featured talks on countermeasure systems decay and stay time nomograms dose rate history curves.
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Southland
Long Beach
Defense Officers Associaton
University of Southern California
Institute For Civil Defense and Disaster Administration
Arthur McBride
USC
Steve McDonald
Southern California Radiological Defense Officers Association
Everett Blizzard
California
Long Beach Disaster Chief Wins U S Defense Citation
Evar P. Peterson Long Beach disaster services chief and past president of the U S Civil Defense Council received the Defense Department's distinguished service citation in Washington for imagination dedication and untiring efforts that strengthened civil defense nationwide and fostered closer ties with the Office of Civil Defense. He has led Long Beach civil defense and disaster preparedness since 1962.
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National Civil Defense Program
Defense Department
Evar P. Peterson
Long Beach
Peterson
US. Civil Defense Council
Washington, D.C
John E. Davis
Civil Defense
U.S. Civil Defense Council
Office of Civil Defense
Therby
Mental Health Event In Long Beach Community Tonight
The Long Beach chapter of the Los Angeles Mental Health Association hosts a first report to the community tonight at 7:30 PM in the Unitarian Church at 5450 Atherton. Nobert Glasser of the drug abuse clinic will speak. certificates of appreciation will honor organizers and participants in local mental health work. A separate report notes a service station cash box over $200 was reported stolen at Paramount.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles Mental Health Association
Unitari& Church
Atherton
Nobhert Glasser
Patrick Tavis
Paramount
Ilyd
Lakewood
Cabrillo Marina Plan Abandoned by Harbor Board
Citizens who opposed Cabrillo Beach marina won an unconditional surrender from the Los Angeles Harbor Commission. Acting president Frank E. Sullivan announced plans to abandon a 3,000 boat project and shift evaluation to a site north of Cabrillo Beach Fort MacArthur area. The decision follows protests since the 1960s as officials pledged not to interfere with the swimming beach.
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Cabrillo Beach
Los Angeles Board of Harbor Comissioners
Frank E. Sullivan
Commission
Sullivan
Harbor Commission
Harbor Department
Fort MacArthur
Los Angeles
Ghetto Job Center Move Prompts Planned Protests
The Long Beach area prepares for a new Human Relations center to supervise twelve job agents who will craft personalized employment plans for clients. Quayle emphasizes a humane, person centered approach and robust support services. The center serves Long Beach Wilmington and San Pedro with agents starting training now and full operation aimed for November 17. June C. Roper will lead the center’s operations.
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Quayle
Long Beach
Wilmington
San Pedro
June C. Roper
Employment Ser
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Mike Kruglak
Elation
Orange Counties
San Diego County
Raymond M. Blatt
St. Mary's Hospital
L.B. Disaster
U.S
Harbor Board
Cabrillo Marina
Bucglar
Donald Z. Holm
Roycraft Ave
Citizens Committee To Save
Sam Yorty
Citizens’ Committee
Our
Metto
Locust Ave
Faut Varvica
Far Information
Taday
Acme Mattress Factory
Facalion
Anaheim
Gardek
Gorden
Totale
Carson Boulevarg
the Ocean Blvd
Long Beach Community Playhouse
Civic Light Opera—“Flower Drum Song
Jordon High Auditorium
Carlos Montoya
Beach
Flamingo
FeDeral Savings Nation
E. Carson Sr
Fred D. Jensen
Trapyants
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